DEBORAH (Debbie) MAY MC LAUGHLIN, PMP, CCMPOSITION / TITLE: PRINCIPAL EDUCATION:
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- $1 Billion+ Industrial Plant – As a member of the onsite contractor’s project management team, performed research analyses into problematic issues. These included – pre-contract representations, scope of work, schedule delay, acceleration, disruption / labor productivity and other troublesome managerial issues.
- $150 Million Ethanol Plants (two) – As one of team leaders, coordinated forensic effort using a “virtual project team” execution approach. Organized and implemented a central web-based information management tool for all team documentation. Researched key issues through contemporaneous documents and interviews. Prepared interactive chronologies that supported schedule analysis and disruptions assessments. Identified and compiled source documents to support development of quantum assessments for changed work and other damages (delay and disruption).
- $1 Billion Hot Rolling Mill – Provided major prime contractor with on-site full-time project and construction management services over a nine-month construction duration period. Services resulted in resolution of major managerial issues between Owner and this prime contractor during arbitration.
- $200 Million Carbon Monoxide Plant – As one of team leaders, coordinated forensic effort. Researched key issues through contemporaneous documents and interviews. Prepared chronologies that supported schedule analysis and disruptions assessments. Prepared a comprehensive Change Order Desktop Guide as a tool for project personnel to use in preparing change order requests of most common types.
- $150 Million Power Generation (Peaker) Plant – Supported search and analysis of contemporaneous documents in preparing to defend owner regarding litigation initiated by the general contractor. Prepared weather analysis to support detailed CPM-based schedule analysis demonstrating entitlement to delay damages.
- Retail Shopping Complex (seven facilities) – Assisted in evaluating delay, disruption and changed work claims on these similar facilities built in three different military bases and at different times. Projects were new construction and rehabilitation.
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal (grass roots) – Organized and coordinated forensic effort using a “virtual project team” execution approach. Organized and implemented a central web-based information management tool for all team documentation. Researched key issues using contemporaneous documents.
- $200+ Million Biomass Power Plant – As team member, performed Construction Industry Institute (CII) Industrial Project Development Readiness Index (PDRI) analysis. The results of this analysis were used in expert report and testimony.
- Cross-country Natural Gas Pipeline – Performed research, organization and analyses of key document evidence. Developed chronologies of evidence that were used in the expert report.
| Description | Location |
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| Texas Bar Construction Law Conference – 2014 | San Antonio, Texas |
| ABA Forum on Construction Law Annual Meeting – 2014 | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Texas Bar Construction Law Conference – 2015 | San Antonio, Texas |
| ABA Forum on Construction Law Annual Meeting – 2015 | Boca Raton, Florida |
| ABA Forum on Construction Law Fall Meeting – 2015 | Austin, Texas |
| Texas Bar Construction Law Conference – 2016 | San Antonio, Texas |
| Engineering Construction Conference (ECC) – 2017 | Boca Raton, Florida |
| Texas Bar Construction Law Conference – 2017 | San Antonio, Texas |
| ABA Forum on Construction Law Fall Meeting – 2017 | Boston, Massachusetts |
| AACE International Western Winter Workshop – 2017 | Indian Wells, California |
| Texas Bar Construction Law Conference – 2018 | San Antonio, Texas |
| CMAA: The Capital Projects Symposium – 2018 | Denver, Colorado |
| PMI Houston Conference & Expo – 2018 | Houston, Texas |
| Engineering Construction Conference (ECC) – 2018 | San Antonio, Texas |
| Construction SuperConference – 2019 | San Diego, California |
| Texas Bar Construction Law Conference – 2019 | San Antonio, Texas |
| PMI Austin Professional Development – 2020 | Virtual |
| PMI Austin Professional Development – 2020 | Virtual |
| PMI Austin Professional Development – 2021 | Virtual |
| Construction SuperConference – 2021 | Orlando, FL |
| Texas Bar Construction Law Conference – 2021 | San Antonio, Texas |
| AGC National Convention – 2020 | Las Vegas, Nevada |
- American Bar Association (ABA) – Member (Section – Forum on Construction Law) – member
- Austin Chamber of Commerce – member
- State of Texas Bar Association – Member, Construction Law Section – Member
- Society of Construction Law NA – Member
- PM College of Scheduling – Member; Co-Director Marketing
- Project Management Institute (PMI) – Member
- The Associated General Contractors of Austin – Member
- Provided contractors with full-time onsite construction management services for many months per assignment.
- Research Analyst – Compile and analyze contemporaneous engineering, procurement and construction documents relative to disputed subject matters.
- Document / Evidence Chronologies – invented and developed this tool. Completed many since 2007. Deliverables have been used in reports and trials.
- Prepared Daily Log takeoffs, Document search and organization, and Contract Administration assessments
- Change Order Desk Top Guide – invented and developed this tool for major international engineering and construction contractor.
- Assisted in professional training courses covering Planning, Scheduling / Programming, Progress Reporting, Project Management and Claims.
- Developed and actively maintain LinkedIn promotional program for M&M firm and other organizations.
- Managed sales process from prospect to closing, developing close client relationships – disputes up to 40 million dollars, projects to 500 million dollars.
- Business management of service organizations.